Integrated Management of Depression in the Elderly

Informationen zum Autor Carolyn A. Chew-Graham is a Senior Lecturer in Primary Care at the University of Manchester. Robert Baldwin is a Consultant in Old Age at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Alistair Burns is a Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Manchester. Klappentext A new approach to understanding late-life depression, using a series of case studies with commentaries. Zusammenfassung Appealing to health and social care professionals and students! this book discusses the epidemiology! presentation and diagnosis of depression in older people. Taking the reader through a series of case studies of increasing complexity! each case has commentaries from a primary care clinician and a health or social care professional. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Foreword Dan Blazer; Preface; 1. Late-life depression: an introduction; 2. Management of late-life depression; 3. Management of late-life depression in primary care: case studies UK; 4. Management of more complicated depression in primary care: case studies UK; 5. Management of late-life depression across the primary and secondary care interface: case studies UK; 6. Management of late-life depression around the world: summary of international commentaries; 7. Management of late-life depression: useful resources; Appendix. International commentaries; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Baldwin, Alistair Burns, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Carolyn A. Baldwin Chew-Graham
• Assisted by: Robert Baldwin (Editor), Alistair Burns (Editor), Carolyn A. Chew-Graham (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2008
• EAN: 9780521689809
• ISBN: 978-0-521-68980-9
• No. of pages: 202
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General